Example sentences of "[art] almost [adj] sense [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had become the representative of a tradition which , without his presence , might finally disappear , and the fact that he now had very little left to say only heightened the almost ritualistic sense of occasion which that presence provided . |
| 2 | In a career that took him to Genoa where he played for the local side Sampdoria , he assumed an almost Italianate sense of style . |
| 3 | Mathematics , minimalism , and an almost Roman sense of order are the hallmarks of Ungers ' works — in 1992 at the Philomene Magers gallery he installed a horizontal and a vertical beam , made of wood and plexiglass respectively : the x and y axes of an imaginary co-ordinate system . |
| 4 | Amnesty International , whose first permitted mission to Sri Lanka since 1982 had taken place in June , published on Sept. 10 a report criticizing the security forces for thousands of killings , and for routinely murdering suspected Tamil guerrillas " with an almost total sense of immunity " . |
| 5 | And when , a minute later , he got up to say his goodbyes and thank his hostess , there was an almost visible sense of relief . |
| 6 | She had an almost childish sense of comfort when she was with him ; the comfort of a roaring fire in the grate , muffins for tea , home and safety . |